Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 477 446 440
Rank change year-on-year -31 -6 +186
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 68 69 125
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.22% 0.24% 0.34%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.01% 1.87% 2.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 44 64
10th Percentile £406 £250 £190
25th Percentile £481 £389 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £469
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +14.61% +1.41%
75th Percentile £540 £575 £538
90th Percentile £588 £675 £600
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £463
% change year-on-year - +8.05% -2.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 13
10th Percentile £20.08 - -
25th Percentile £25.81 - £24.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £25.00
75th Percentile £40.06 - £30.00
90th Percentile £56.38 - £63.20
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £38.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -21.05% +38.18% +25.00%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,387 3,685 5,242
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 10.80% 12.80% 14.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,190 2,163 3,259
10th Percentile £206 £220 £210
25th Percentile £356 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -0.99%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £608
90th Percentile £675 £685 £700
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 174 113 314
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £18.68
25th Percentile £20.56 £21.46 £23.02
Median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% -38.04% +25.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £76.21
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £35.00 £56.45
% change year-on-year -8.57% -37.99% +37.57%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco IOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +1 33 £500 +5.26% 12
London -25 15 £535 -2.73% 11
North of England -42 7 £494 +21.09% 3
East of England - 7 £275 - 1
North West - 5 £575 - 2
South West -13 3 £350 -36.36% 4
West Midlands -28 2 - -
Midlands -34 2 - -
Yorkshire -54 1 £413 +1.16% 1
North East - 1 - -
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.47%) Confluence
2 1 (1.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.47%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.47%) OmniGraffle
Cloud Services
1 11 (16.18%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (11.76%) Azure
3 3 (4.41%) AWS
4 2 (2.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (2.94%) GCP
4 2 (2.94%) OCI
5 1 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.47%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.47%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.47%) IaaS
5 1 (1.47%) Nutanix
5 1 (1.47%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.47%) PaaS
5 1 (1.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (48.53%) Firewall
2 29 (42.65%) Junos
3 24 (35.29%) Cisco Firepower
4 23 (33.82%) Cisco ISE
5 20 (29.41%) WAN
6 19 (27.94%) BGP
6 19 (27.94%) NX-OS
7 18 (26.47%) LAN
8 12 (17.65%) OSPF
8 12 (17.65%) SD-WAN
9 11 (16.18%) VPN
10 10 (14.71%) Network Security
11 9 (13.24%) Cisco Nexus
11 9 (13.24%) MPLS
12 7 (10.29%) Spanning Tree
13 6 (8.82%) IOS XR
13 6 (8.82%) IPsec
14 5 (7.35%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (7.35%) SSH
14 5 (7.35%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Git
2 3 (4.41%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 16 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.29%) Finance
3 6 (8.82%) Games
3 6 (8.82%) Public Sector
4 5 (7.35%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.88%) Manufacturing
6 3 (4.41%) Financial Institution
6 3 (4.41%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.94%) Military
7 2 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.94%) Publishing
8 1 (1.47%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 48 (70.59%) Network Engineer
2 24 (35.29%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
3 21 (30.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 21 (30.88%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 21 (30.88%) Cloud Engineer
3 21 (30.88%) Cloud Network Engineer
4 19 (27.94%) Support Engineer
5 17 (25.00%) Network Support
6 16 (23.53%) Network Support Engineer
7 15 (22.06%) 3rd Line Support
7 15 (22.06%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 9 (13.24%) Senior
9 8 (11.76%) Senior Network Engineer
10 6 (8.82%) Platform Engineer
11 5 (7.35%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
12 4 (5.88%) IT Support
13 3 (4.41%) Cisco Engineer
13 3 (4.41%) Cisco Network Engineer
13 3 (4.41%) Design Engineer
13 3 (4.41%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.88%) Jinja
2 3 (4.41%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.47%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (1.47%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.71%) Data Centre
2 5 (7.35%) PKI
3 3 (4.41%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.94%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (2.94%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.94%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.47%) BYOD
5 1 (1.47%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.47%) EMC VMAX
5 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.47%) FMCG
5 1 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.47%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 30 (44.12%) Windows
2 19 (27.94%) Windows Server
3 11 (16.18%) Android
4 6 (8.82%) Mac OS
5 3 (4.41%) Linux
6 1 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.47%) VMS
6 1 (1.47%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.47%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (35.29%) ITSM
2 18 (26.47%) Service Management
3 10 (14.71%) Change Management
4 8 (11.76%) Network Design
5 7 (10.29%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (8.82%) E-Commerce
6 6 (8.82%) Network Virtualisation
6 6 (8.82%) Project Management
6 6 (8.82%) Task Automation
7 5 (7.35%) Agile
8 4 (5.88%) Computer Science
8 4 (5.88%) DevOps
8 4 (5.88%) Load Balancing
8 4 (5.88%) Process Improvement
9 3 (4.41%) Break/Fix
9 3 (4.41%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (4.41%) Defect Management
9 3 (4.41%) Network Architecture
9 3 (4.41%) Network Monitoring
9 3 (4.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.59%) Python
2 7 (10.29%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.41%) Bash
3 3 (4.41%) Perl
4 1 (1.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 35 (51.47%) Security Cleared
2 27 (39.71%) DV Cleared
3 17 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (22.06%) CCNP
5 7 (10.29%) CCNA
5 7 (10.29%) Degree
6 6 (8.82%) SC Cleared
7 5 (7.35%) CCIE
8 4 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (5.88%) JNCIS
9 3 (4.41%) CCDP
10 1 (1.47%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.47%) CCSA
10 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (1.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.35%) SLA
2 1 (1.47%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.47%) Def Stans
2 1 (1.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 25 (36.76%) Active Directory
2 23 (33.82%) VMware NSX
3 6 (8.82%) Firmware
4 4 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.47%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.47%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (1.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (32.35%) vCenter Server
2 8 (11.76%) Ansible
3 7 (10.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (10.29%) SCCM
4 5 (7.35%) FortiGate
5 1 (1.47%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.47%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 68 (100.00%) Cisco
2 29 (42.65%) Juniper
3 26 (38.24%) SolarWinds
4 17 (25.00%) Meraki
5 13 (19.12%) Microsoft
6 9 (13.24%) Palo Alto
7 7 (10.29%) F5
8 6 (8.82%) Splunk
8 6 (8.82%) VMware
9 5 (7.35%) Broadcom
10 4 (5.88%) Arista
11 3 (4.41%) Fortinet
12 2 (2.94%) Ciena
12 2 (2.94%) Citrix
12 2 (2.94%) Peregrine
12 2 (2.94%) Remedy
12 2 (2.94%) ServiceNow
12 2 (2.94%) Zscaler
13 1 (1.47%) Apple
13 1 (1.47%) HP